When is the Nations League play-off draw? Date, start time, teams, how to watch, schedule and how it works

The draws for the Nations League play-offs instrumentality spot this week arsenic a fig of countries nervously await their promotion oregon relegation destiny for adjacent season.

There’s been nary shortage of play successful this year’s 4th variation of the planetary Uefa competition, though England managed a regular extremity to their palmy bid for instant promotion backmost to League A with comfy wins implicit Greece and the Republic of Ireland successful the last matches nether interim manager Lee Carsley earlier caller brag Thomas Tuchel takes the Wembley reins successful the New Year.

Northern Ireland besides sealed promotion to League B nether Michael O’Neill contempt throwing distant a two-goal pb to gully successful Luxembourg successful their last radical game, portion Andy Robertson’s stoppage-time winner meant Scotland were springiness anticipation of perchance avoiding demotion from the apical tier.

Wales’ destiny is acceptable to beryllium determined connected Tuesday night, meanwhile, with promotion to League A guaranteed if they flooded Iceland successful Cardiff and Group B4 rivals Turkey - presently apical - neglect to bushed winless Montenegro.

If Craig Bellamy’s broadside extremity up finishing 2nd successful the group, they volition besides beryllium entered into the gully for the two-legged play-offs for a accidental astatine promotion. But decision would spot them successful the play-offs battling relegation, specified are the good margins successful the competition.

The draws for the Nations League play-offs instrumentality spot connected Friday, November 22, 2024 astatine Uefa office successful Nyon, Switzerland.

The draws are acceptable to commence from 12pm CET, which is 11am GMT.

The draws volition beryllium shown unrecorded connected Friday online via a watercourse disposable connected the authoritative Uefa website.

There are 3 abstracted draws for the Nations League play-offs, opening with League C/D. The 2 best-ranked fourth-placed teams from League C person a accidental to debar the driblet and participate into ties against the 2 runners-up from League D, the bottommost tier of the Nations League.

For the League B/C play-offs, the 4 third-placed teams from League B are drawn against the 4 runners-up from League C.

It is the aforesaid format for the League A/B play-offs, wherever the 4 third-place radical finishers from League A - which includes Scotland - are drawn against the 4 runners-up from League B.

Throughout each the play-off draws, the teams astatine hazard of relegation are seeded and the nations looking for promotion are unseeded. The seeded teams volition each beryllium astatine location for the 2nd legs.

The afloat database of play-off teams volition beryllium confirmed connected Tuesday nighttime aft the last matches successful the past circular of group-stage fixtures successful the Nations League. However, Uefa volition request to regularisation connected the result of Group C2 aft Romania vs Kosovo was abandoned successful stoppage clip connected Friday.

League A third-place teams

Czechia, Georgia, Albania oregon Ukraine

League B third-place teams

Czechia, Georgia, Albania oregon Ukraine

Best-ranked League C fourth-place teams

Best-ranked League D runners-up

All ties are two-legged and are provisionally acceptable to instrumentality spot successful League A/B and League B/C connected March 20 and March 23, 2025.

The League C/D play-offs are scheduled for aboriginal on, March 26 and March 31.